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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-10-13
Chivalry of Phil. Kearny.

Our recent correction of the statement
about the death of General Phil. Kearny
may create desire among some of our
readers to know more about him. He
VAS one of the most gallant and chival.
rous soldiers ever born on American soil.
After his appointment to the 1st U. S.
Dragons from the profession of law he
was soon afterward sent by the govern.
ment to Europe to report upon French
cavalry tactics. He entered the military
school at Saumer, went as volunteer in
the chasseurs to Algeria and was awarded
the cross of the legion of honor for his
conspicuous gallantry. On his return to
America he served in the Mexican war,
was breveted for gallantry and lost his
left arm at the City of Mexico. He again
went to Europe, was in the battles Of
Magenta and Solferino and was again
decorated with the cross of the legion of
honor by Napoleon III.
At the battle of Seven Pines the Sixth
S. .. V. made as gallant charge as was
ever known in American history. Colonel
John Bratton, the commander, was
wounded and captured. He gave up his
sword to Phil. Kearny and was sent to
Fortress Monroe. In few days the
sword was returned by General Kearny
who complimented Colonel Bratton upon
the gallantry of the Sixth, saying he
would not retain the sword of SO gallant
an officer who had the honor to command
30 gallant regiment. He also sent his
check for $3.50 1--WE believe was the
amount) and requested Colonel Bratton
to draw on him for such further sums as
be might need during his Imprisonment.
Phil. Kearny did not belong to the
Foraker crowd which is still nursing
sectional hate, but he was true soldier
who could and did respect gallant
adversary. We venture to say that no
Conferate soldier who fought has to this
day ever cherished or expressed an
unkind feeling for the dead soldier
.4bJeviNe Medium.
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Bold Bad Robbers In Texas.

Two masked men, with drawn reyolv.i
ers, mounted the cab Of the Texas Pacific,
OF the east bound train, Tuesday night,
as it pulled out of Ben Brook, small
station ten miles west of Fort Woarth.
The engineer was ordered to run the train
few miles from Ben Brook. II stopped
on high trestle, but the engineer WAS
made to run it back again until Che ex.
press car was off the trestle. Here two.
other masked men boarded the train
The fireman and engineer were then.
placed under guard. A dozen shots were
fired into the express car and door vas
finally opened by Pacific express messen:
ger Maloney. One robber entered and
cleared out the safe and then went into
the mail car. Messenger Griffith offered
no resistance. Every registered letter in
the car was secured by the robbers. The
work vas done in ten minutes and the
engineer was ordered to pull out. The
train was through express from San
Francisco.
The booty thus taken is valued at
100000. The train was robbed on the
same trestle last June. Guards were in
the passenger coaches, but as they we're
over the trestle no attempt was made to-
modest the passengers. There ID no trace
of the robbers.
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= The various New York Labor par.
ties are calling each other all the hard
names in the vocabulary, the bone Of
contention being the 700 or 300 election
inspectors to whom one of the 80 called
Labor parties is entitled under the law.
There are three of these organizations
now-the Union Labor party, the United
Labor or Henry George party, and the
Progressive Labor party, which nominat-
ed John swinton for secretary of state on
Wednesday. Friday was the swinton
party's day before Judge Patterson in
Supreme Court chambers. The lawyer
who represented the Progressives said
that the "George. party is a mushroom
party. It's theories are Mr.. Georges per-
sonal hallucinations."
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Recently a colored preacher net q
deacon of his church in Hartwell, and
the following colloquy ensued:
"Look heah, Deacon Jones, whus's dis
Ise been hearin' bout you ?"
"'Bout who?"
"Bout you."
"Who?-me?"
"Yaas, you-dat's what I said."
"Me?-'tain't so, I don't care wat you
heard"
II heard dat you went ober de creek
to de frolic night befo' las'."
"In co'se I went to de frolic-w'at's
dat?"
"An' I heard FUN de moufs OBJ two OF
tree witness dat you shook yo' boots"
"How's dat?"
ri heard dat you danced, Brer Jones,
actilly danced, an you decon in de
chu'ch-how dar' you carry yo' 'ligion to
sich place as dat-!"
"stop right dar, Brer Showdown
who said I carried my 'ligion wid me
-dat's lie-neber dun it. I did dance
set or two, and dat's de Gods trufe,
but den neber carried my 'ligion to de
frolic; I lef' it at hone."
'Neber carried yo' 'ligion wid you 2"
"'Cose not, watcher take me for? ]
lef' it home, I tell you. Don't ketch me
carryin' my 'ligion to dance-Ise goi
too much respec' for my 'ligion dan dat
-heeper niggahs do, but dey ain'tgot nc
sense, an deir 'ligion don't mount to
much nohow, an dey oughter to be
turned out'n de chu'ch."
"Dat's all right, Brer Jones. Ise glad
to heah dat you is got so much respec
for yo' 'ligion; but look yer, my good
brudder, you better be careful how you
leave yo' 'ligion lyin' 'roun' loose-don''
mine some t'ieving niggah'll come 'lone
an stol. it 'fo' you gifts back FUN de
frolic. Listen to a friendly word of eau.
ton fun yo' Pasture, Brer Jones, an
put yo' 'ligiop under lock an key when
you lef' um at home. But de bes' way il
to stay way FUN de frolic an set up wid
yo' 'ligion-dat's my 'sperunce, Brel
Jones" s."-HartaveH Sun.
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The New York Times says: "Many
Southern business men are in New York
at present, and they all agree that never
at any time in the past has there been
such an era of widespread prosperity
among their people as is exhibited now.
The abundant new enterprises lately
started in the South, they say, are proving
remunerative from the start. The last
bull market that Wall street had started
in the Southern stocks. The proceeds Of
this seasons great cotton crop are just
beginning to be felt, and the Southern
"boom" of which the North has heard so
much, is according to our visitors, about
to take on new and even a more sub.
atantial life"
The statement of the Paris Gaulo's
to the effect that Napoleon's body was
never placed in the tomb where it is
supposed to lie, causes the London Stand.
ard to remark: 'It is even doubtful
whether the tomb at Mount Vernon holds
the body of Washington. At all events,
it has been again and again asserted, and
proof adduced, that the head was stolen
from the first grave in which the founder
of the great Republic was laid and was
carried to Paris by a curiosity hunter"
Shoes among the ancient Jews were
made of leather, linen, rush or wood. In
England about 1852, the people wore the
beaks or points of their shoes so long as
to seriously interfere with walking, and
they had to tie them up to their knees.
Shoes as at present worn were introduced
about 1888.
TIT is not the big hog that pays,''
remarks the Mirror and Farmer. This is,
very true. The big hog always makes.
the other fellows bay.
- What is ancestry after ALI The;
rich man as well as the poor one begins
life without a shirt to his back. e.
b H
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1t has been decided by California
Court that q real estate deed from hus.
band to wife where Glove and affection"
are named as the consideration is not
valid unless there was actually such con-
sideration at the time of the transfer.
The statistics of the ascents of Monte.
Blanc chow that 81 women in all have
made the ascent: English women 80,
French women 15, Russian women 4,
American women 8, Swiss women 2, and
Russian, Danish, Hungarian, Italisn
snd Austrian, one each.
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. Tie House that Jack Built.

This is the house that Jack built.
This is. the keg that lay. in the house
that Jack built.
This is the beer that was put in the
keg that lay in the house that Jack built.
This is the man with his pocket shorn,
who drank the beer that was put in the
keg that lay in the house that Jack
built.
This is the maiden bright and young,
that married the man with his pocket
shorn, who drank the beer that was pu:.
in the keg that lay in the house that
Jack built.
This is the preacher with heart once
warm, who married the maiden bright
and young, unto the man with his pocket
shorn, who drank the beer that was put
lin the keg that lay in the house that
Jack built.
This is the bottle with contents strong,
that seduced the preacher with heart all
warm, who married the maiden bright
and young, unto the man with his pocket
shorn, who drank the beer that was put
in the keg that lay in the house that
Jack built.
This is the saloon over which We
mourn, where was filled the bottle With
contents strong, that seduced the preach
er with heart all warm, who married the
maiden bright and young, unto the man
with his pocket shorn, who drank the
beer that filled the keg that lay in the
house that Jack built.
This is the voter uninformed, who
licensed the saloon over. which men
mourn, where was filled the bottle with
contents strong, that seduced the preach
or with heart all warm, who married the
maiden bright and young, unto the man
With pocket shorn, who drank the beer
that filed the keg that lay in the house
that Jack. built. 81
And this is the Anheuser long since
gone, who instructed the voter unin-
formed, who licensed the saloon, the
thing of scorn, where was filled the bottle
with contents strong, that seduced the
preacher with heart.all warm, who mar.
ried the maiden bright and young, unto
the man with the pocket shorn, who
drank the beer that filled the keg that
lay in the house that Jack built.
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A Mothers Talk to Boys.

"It's wells enough for boy to bring
in wood or coal, and make the fires, but
it's girls work to cook and wash disbes."
Is it? Why? You think go simply be-
cause you have always seen such Q
division of labor, but did you ever think
that you might be the loser by being
shut out from participation in house.
work? An eminent clergyman once said
to me: "I think We men lose by not
being trained in domestic duties. We
need to have patience, skill, forethought,
attention, ingenuity, helpfulness and
forbearance developed in us, as they
would be by taking part in household
labors, and we would also cultivate 8
spirit of kindness, politeness and consid-
GRAFTON. It is certainly not quite courte.
Gus in us to enjoy the dinner prepared
by wife or mother, and then thoughtless-
ly walk off and leave her to the unpleas.
ant task of doing up the work. Il
would be more manly to do it all, and let
her rest" I read not long since, Of two
ladies who called on the poet Whittier,
and he, being alone in the house, pre-.
pared supper for them with his own
hands. he could not have done that
had he never helped at home. There Is {
nothing necessarily unmanly in house.
work. In our own land q male cook
commands high salary. In a big hotel
his salary is about that of a member of
Congress.
Men who go to the far West and "ronghs
it," in mine or on ranch, find it valuable
to know how to cook. Boys sometimes
board themselves while going through
college, and unless they understand cook
cry they will not be able to give them.
selves wholesome fare. Boys like to
camp out, and often they don't want
girls around in the way, and to avoid il
they should know how to wait on them
selves. In many emergencies, to know
how to lew becomes invaluable to men,
as does knowing how to sweep, dust and
make bed. A young man, whose
mother was poor widow, helped at home
during his college course. A neighbora
once found him rubbing away at the
wash-tub, while his mother read moral
philosophy to him. When he went as q
missionary to the Indians, he found all
this domestic lore of great value; for if
there were no white women TO teach the I
aquaws how to keep house, in civilized
way, he could teach them. I know too T
manly little boys, eleven and thirteen
years old, who take care of their own I
room, make their beds, set table, sweep,.
dust, wash dishes and assist in cooking.
"You are as good as girls" I said To-
them. g
"We think we are better; for we can
do all that girls can, and all that boys
can besides"
1t does not make boys "Molly Coddles"5
to know how to do housework. Iknow
q boy who at fifteen can get a nice dinner
all alone, make biscuits, fricassee chick
en-, make pie or cake; and he can
harness Q horse, skate, Jump or wrestle
equal to other boys. He can sew on his
own buttons, too. He is planning to own I;
a ranch some day. Be helpful at home,,
boys. You can lift many a burden from
mother or sister, while at the same time.
you are gaining valuable information.-
Conqreqationakist.
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Got Them Down Fine.

Certain newspaper, doubtless, if they
had known, or remembered, that Mr..
Murray, the "getter up" of the Murray
Bill, had been the first to advocate a
State canvass preliminary to the State
Nominating Convention, as several Of
our State exchanges are now doing, they
would most probably have opposed it as
the "Murray plan," if for nothing else.
Human nature is mighty queer in some
people. Clinton Enterprise.
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Mr.. EDITOR: In response to you,
call to teachers who attended the Insti'
tute, to gil some of the benefits which
they derived therefrom, I will attempt te
present to the readers of the Teachers
Column few of the advantages which
derived. Now, that I attempt it, I find
it more easily to appreciate. the benefits
of the Institute than to express them
In the FIRST place, let me say that contact
with such teachers as Drs. Lander and
Klemm, Miss Leonard and Prof. Morri.
son, and knowledge Of their ideas Of
what true teaching is,'make,me love the
profession more and Eli me with a desire
to do more faithful work. In fact,
have more exalted opinion Of my work,
and feel that ], I,have chosen profession
Of which need not be ashamed. fused
to feel differently. I recognize the re-
.sponsibility which rests4uponme, and-am
better prepared to take hold of the meth.
sods and aids which these educators have
found out, by experience, are the best. /
have learned that real teaching does not
consist in how many text books may be
crammed in child in q given time, but
that it consists in leading the child to
observe and think for himself, and thus
cultivate the faculties and expand his
mind. Take for instance DR.. Klemm's
lectures on aConcentric Studies" When
he showed us SO beautifully how it is
possible to teach Heyery branch of study
the first year of;schoob Z and thus train
every faculty Of childsin unison, instead
of teaching spelling first term of school
reading second, writing third, t',en
aciphering," and lastly long dat Of
unnecessary grammar rules, I ,ieel that
if I had heard nothing more than these
talks I would be amply p, ,.Id for the time
devoted to the Institute; When, however,
,' We ssafsWi' 'n,s lowledge of what to
teach, and add Drs. Landers and
Aiemm .rcises illustrating aoa0 to
,ea'n nuu ..oers, Miss Leonard's languages
,essonl J, and DR.. Klenm's and Prof.
:. " 1rison's talk on school discipline, we
s.nink that we can begin our next years
work better prepared to accomplish some
good. The Institute has taught me how
little I really know. Miss Leonard has
shown ME that I knew comparatively
nothing about teaching language or
grammar. Her instructions have not
only directed US how to teach it, but she
has given us practical course of study
in language, something that We can take
hold of. The same may be said of the
other teachers in regard to the other
branches. In fact the Institute has lifted
us out of the old rut and marked out a
better road for. us to travel.
Let those of us who were fortunate
enough to have attended the Institute
not allow the wheels of our instruction
to slide back into the old ruts. These
are some of the benefits of the Institute,
but as I stated at the outset, one must
attend session of the Institute to fully
appreciate its advantages, I hope that
another year it will be unnecessary for
any, one to write up the Institute work,
but that all the teachers of the County
will go and see for themselves.
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= Further experiments in target prac.
tice with the Kalinski dynamite gun on
Friday were undertaken to settle the
question whether rapidity of fire could
be combined with accuracy. The result
showed that ten shells, each carrying
fifty. pounds Of explosive gelatine, could
be discharged in ten minutes and thirty
seconds, and that while four of the pro-
iectiles failed in the matter of range,
going over or falling short, the remaining
six would have struck within space of
six yards on the side of ship. A trial
shot with a heavier shell-one CORES
ponding to a charge of one hundred
pounds of explosive gelatine-was fired
for range, and the projectile was sent to
q distance of two and half miles with
an initial pressure of less than one thou
sand pounds.
- An unusual scene occurred at the
Metropolitan M. E. Church at Washing
ton, Sunday night when the Rev. John
P. Newman, in sermon on "Inidelity," !"
referred in severe terms to the Anarchists.
"Could any American Citizen" he said,
"ten years ago have imagined the circu-
lation of a petition to pardon those
whose hands are red with the blood of
the defenders of public peace and safety !?
What is back of this anarchy, this dare
devil movement on the part of those
VILLAINS who ought to have been hanged
long ago." At this point many Of the
audience rose to their feet, clapped their
hands and with loud demonstrations an.
nounced their approval of the minister's
words.
Volney McVeigh, tramp, was ar
rested at Indianapolis Thursday night for
drunkenness, and was sentenced to the
workhouse for ten day. On his way out
he told the policeman in charge that he
had murdered his wife at Onley, Ills,
ten years ago and had fled from the place,
thus avoiding arrest. He said he had
been a wanderer since, and during the
entire time he had been haunted night
and day by the memory of his crime.
he says he was on his way to Onley to
surrender to the authorities when arrest.
ed. He appears honest in his statement
and the superintendent of police has
written to onley to verify the confession.
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as we could not organize on account of
their absence. If either of these gentle
men will call meeting of teachers and
trustees, profitable organization can be
formed. The patrons made good use of
the occasion in getting on foot subscrip.
tion for putting new roof on our house.
TEACHER.
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y Mr.. EDITOR: Bishops Branch School
opened Aug. 9th. The number of pupils
soon became % large that it was neces.
saiy to put in six new benches. The
house mas alive with youthful brains
seeking expansion, and innocent souls
reaching after the untried and the un.
known. This wassa q most delightful state
:.of affairs, but all things earthly must
pass away, and many of these, though
my pupils, were earthly enough to have
5their nimbla fingers summoned to the
scotton field. However, after spending
ssix weeks in mathematics and opening
.onrnext sections work, which happens
sto be. geogfaIthy, We have been greatly.
sbnilt dp5 5and encouraged by public
meeting at onr school house, the after
noon Of September %: The school made
mo attempt, whatever, at an entertain.
ment, or exhibition, but opened the ex-
sercises BY singing; then report Of each
pupil' 9 clsss standing during the session
MAS read publicly. After this, a.distri.
button VAS made Of all the essays written
and duplicated since school opened.
The audience, having scrutinized the
essays, next gave attention to chorus,
ssOn Our Way to School," sung with
lcalisthenics. This was merely an intro
ductionS Of; the feature Of the meeting
an address BY Prof. 9. W. Moore, of
Central High School. he gave us q
pithy lecture on: mathematics, fraught
With suck valuable information that any
synopsis would convey an inadequate
i6ea of its instructive merits. livery
teacher IN the State would be benefited
BY reading it. He is willing to encour.
age all teachers and pupils who are
trying to help themselves. He promises
igood help. in our Township Association |;
90 does dr. j. r. Newton, who will
teach at Liberty. Mr.. J. P. Glenn
added much to the pleasure Of the occa-
sion by bis genial presence. He favors
the Association, ard will give valuable
aid. having had considerable experience
sas teacher. Several female teachers in
adjoining townships have expressed a
sdesirs to Join ns If We organize. Now,
;ths weight Of espousibility rests on.
III essfs. , II Holland and J. 2. Smith,
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IL -
We now have on hand q Trustees
Record Book for every Board Of Trustees
SinethssG County: Will some member Of
each Board please call at this Office and
getone. We do hope the trustees will
Stake mors interest in the management Of
the public schools than has been their
custom heretofore It is getting things
down TO- e fine point when s trustee gets
shis own consent to sign pay certificates
in the field and that too, with q lead
pencil Every Board ought to have at
slsast one regular meeting every month.
We furnish them the books and desire
them 10 do business In 9 business like
Way. 6 { little pains. aneat book
can can Is keht aha al Intelligent report be
made az 6 Tie E close Of school year. The
books are so arranged that 9 complete
record of the transactions Of: the Board
scan Be- kept. again, We insist thas the
Secretaries Of. the Boards call for books
sometime during the month of October
and pet ready for business.